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Warm-Up: Answer the question on the back of your video guide: Was the war inevitable? Could it have been avoided? Why was compromise so unsuccessful?. Objectives:. Students will review the beginning events of the Civil War - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Warm-Up:Answer the question on the back of your video guide: • Was the war inevitable?
Could it have been avoided? Why was compromise so unsuccessful?
Students will review the beginning events of the Civil War
Students will understand the significance of key people, events and battles in the Civil War
Students will complete a document analysis of the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address
Objectives:
Nickname: Union or Yankees
Uniform Color: Blue
Reasons for Fighting: ◦Preserve the union◦End slavery
Characteristics of the North
1)Larger population2)Banks/more money available3)Industry4)Railroads5)Established military6)Established central government
Advantages of the North
North: Key Generals
2) George McClellan1) Ulysses S. Grant
4) Ambrose Burnside3) William T Sherman
You must KNOW Ulysses S. Grant! (I will be President
in a few years)
Look at my lovely sideburns…
…..wait for it)
President Lincoln fires me
after an epic fail.
They still curse me in the South.
Nickname: ConfederatesUniform Color: Grey Reasons for fighting:
◦Defend slavery◦Defend states’ rights◦Preserve their way of life
Characteristics of the South
1)Fighting on home turf2)Had a cause to fight for3)Strong military leaders (Robert E.
Lee)4)Knew how to ride horses and use
firearms5)Possibility of foreign aid (Cotton
diplomacy)
Advantages of the South
South: Key Generals
2) “Stonewall” Jackson1) Robert E. Lee
3) George Pickett
You must KNOW Robert E. Lee – a Virginian and a
brilliant general!
Ever driven on Lee-Jackson
highway? (Rt 50)Ever been on Pickett Rd in
Fairfax?
Fort Sumter, SC (April 1861) – First shots fired in the Civil War◦Confederates capture Union fort
Virginia secedes 5 days later; splits into two states as a result
Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina follow VA soon after
The Civil War Begins
Southern states that seceded from the Union: ◦South Carolina (SC-1st) ◦Mississippi (MS)◦Florida (FL)◦Alabama (AL)◦Arkansas (AR)
To secede or not to secede….
oTennessee (TN)oLouisiana (LA)oTexas (TX)oGeorgia (GA)oVirginia (VA)
Border states that still practiced slavery but that remained in the Union: ◦Delaware (DE)◦Kentucky (KY)◦Missouri (MO)◦Maryland (MD)
To secede or not to secede….
1) Two-pronged blockade of Confederacy’s Atlantic and Gulf coast ports
Northern strategy: Anaconda Plan
Atlantic ports
Gulf po
rts
2) Send naval gunboats down Mississippi River to capture New Orleans
This would cut off the south geographically
and economically
Northern strategy: Anaconda Plan
Miss. River
3) Armies would then capture theConfederate capital of Richmond,
Virginia
-BUT the Southern coastline had 180 ports – the Union navy had few ships to spare
-Plan was approved by Lincoln
but was unsuccessful
Northern strategy: Anaconda Plan
Virginia, 1861: First major battle of the war; Confederate victory
Union soldiers march from Washington D.C. towards Richmond
◦They are cut off by Confederates and retreat towards D.C.
Battle of Manassas (Bull Run)
Before this point, Northerners assumed it would be a quick war; picnickers gathered at the battle site
Outcome: After the battle, both the North and South realized this would be a long and bloody war
Battle of Manassas (Bull Run)
Maryland, 1862: Lee invades the North in an attempt to surprise Washington D.C.
His plans are intercepted by Union troops under General McClellan
Battle of Antietam (MD)
The battle is a stalemate, but the South is able to retreat.
The Union counts it as a victory, but
McClellan is fired for letting Lee get
away.
You’re fired!
Outcomes: Is considered the bloodiest single day of the Civil War (26,000 + casualties)
Britain decides not to help the South
Gives Lincoln opportunity to issue the Emancipation Proclamation
Battle of Antietam
The Sunken Road, Antietam
Issued by Lincoln after Union victory at Antietam
Abolished slavery in every Confederate state; however it freed only the slaves in rebellion states
Allowed black soldiers to enlist in the Union army
Gave the North a ‘human cause’ to fight for
Emancipation Proclamation